4:58 PM,
Oct. 4, 2013

Healthy eating habits begin at home and include having healthy food options and eating dinner as a family.

Written by

Meghan Diemel
For Gannett Wisconsin Media

Childhood obesity has become a hot topic over the last several years and for good reason: The number of obese children has dramatically increased. Recent studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 17 percent - or 12.5 million - children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 years are obese.

Since 1980, obesity prevalence among children and adolescents has almost tripled.

Mother to 3-year-old triplets, April Reffke of Seymour said she and husband Kurt think about childhood obesity often and make sure Lilah, Preston and Corbin know how to make healthy choices each day. ...